Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-01-15
C11ARLOTTE CORDAY.
Brief but Graphic Biographical Sketch

C11ARLOIIE COHDAHs
Brief but Graphic Biographical Sketch.
Bill Nye in the Boston Globe.
Charlotte COrday was born on foreign strand,
now known as Normandy, named In honor Of the
large speckled gray horses with thick, piano legs
and gross necks, that come from there to engage
in hauling beer wagons in the land of the free and
the home Of the brave.
Here Charlotte was born in the year 1893. Like
the record OF Mr.. SpartacuS, who in speaking Of
his own experience said that his early life ran
quiet as the clear brook by which he sported, the
childhood Of Charlotte COr1ay was almost devoid
OF interest, being mOnOtOnouS and unanimous, as
self-made man said to me not long since, refer
ring to the climate of the south.
She early turned her attention, however, to the
matter of patriotism. hoping to obtain q nveli-
hood in the patriot line some day. She investi-
gated the grievances OF France, and gave her at
tention almost exclusively to the Invention of
some way by which to redress these grievances
Some Of them had not been redressed for centu-
rieS. and they ought to have been ashamed OF
themselves.
According to all accounts the grievances of
France were. at that time in full dress and short
sleeves, ready for the ball to open.
1t fell to the lot Of Charlotte Corday to open the
ball.
She was beautiful girl, with clear blue eyes,
placed at equal distances from tall, nght-colored
nose, which was pale when In repoSe, but flushed
delicately when she was in tears. Her ripe and
ruddy French mouth opened and closed readily
when she was engaged in conversation. and her
WHY anu pcdutlul shouiutrS, ever anu anon,
while she talked, bumped themselves like a hired
man On his way TO dinner.
She had, also, tresscs OF hair Of that peculiar
Iitlan variety which Is supposed TO go with
freckles and high temper. The historian says
that her hair looked black as it divided over her
fair forehead and hung back across her shapely
head, but at night, il was draped across the
richly carved frame OF the au revOir where the fire
light of the Norman Hose company could play
upon IT, you would have thought 1t bright and
infammatory red. Charlotte COrday was tall and
graceful and when her elastic step and heroic feet
followed the light measure OF some gay French
tune at an october pumpkin peeling, she could
dance on for hours without Earring the glass In the
windows very much.
deal 1t consisted OF a Normandy cap made OF
cheese cloth in shape like the tail OF setting hen
and trimmed in front with real French lace from
the teD-cent counter. Her dress was all-wool de
laine with pin stripe in il and trimmed with the
same. Her other dresses were different. Her
stockings tall and slender as seen hanging on
the woman clothes line at Caen, but her heart was
gay and happy as the day was long.
Charlotte Corday was one OF large family
whose descendants were called Corduroy. They
were the instigators Of style of road that has
done more to shorten the spinal column and tOlt
the e5unIm into chaos that any other line Of In
Charlotte Corday had a voice which accom-.
panied her in all her rambles. and it is said that
Ii was very musical and sounded first rate
Her parents were poor, so she had yerv few
advantages as Will be noticed at once by the care
full student who reads her MSS TODAY and notices
| where She has frequently spelled Cabbage WITH .
K. She spoke French nuently, but was familiar
F, with no other foreign tongue whatever
she TOOK great interest In politics, but did NOT
| tndOrse the administration. She felt more esne.
| cially bitter toward a gentleman named Narat
| also acted as kind Of Chairman OF the naI,onsI
central committee. To his other work he had also
added the tedious and exhausuing task of picking
out people and fndOrsng them as suitable persons
TO be beheaded. Being a Journalist. he had to
write hard all the evening TO get the hook fun Of
pom pOntGal edtorlai copy and then when he
take the directory and pick out enough people for
a mess the following day. ava
foreman on his heels all day and the guflloiine On
his heels all night. and every man was afraid RI
see the deputy sheriff coming for fear he had a
subpoena for him. 1t was no unusual thing in
those days for Frenchnan to turn OF the Gas
and go TO bed, only TO lind his shirt collar ali
bloody where the guillOtfne had banged his hair
Just above his Adams apple In the morning
Those were indeed sk1rmishing times as NJ de
Lamart1ne, humorous writer Of France, has so
saw Marat at a sOciable or a caucus 1t 5 i'm.
possible TO tell whether he had come to " e the
thing up lor his paper or pick out some more peo-
pie TO be killed by the administration. They got
| so that Marat could induce any OF them to sub
scribe for his paper and people advertised in his
columns for things they did not want in order to
| show that they felt perfectly friendly toward him.
IL was at this time that Charlotte COrday called
one morning at the apartments OF Mr.. Marat with
view 10 aSssiSSinatlng him. She sent in word
that young lady from Caen desired to see Mr..
Marat lor the purpose of paying her subscription.
ciS as 'OIu eu.it tuc cultOF was taking a bath
she laughed cold, 1ncredulOus laugh for She had
| seen great many French Journalists and when
one OF them sent word 70 her that he was bathing
she could Ill TepreSS q low, gurging laugh
Finally she was admitted to his private aDarf.
ments, where he was indeed In the bath with an
Old table cloth thrown over him, engaged in writ
Ing scathlng criticism on the custom OF summer
following Old buckwheat lands and sowing SWed.
ish turnips on them In july when the cOuntry was
so crowded for cemetery room
Charlotte apoiogtzed for disturbing the great
journalist at such time, and remark1ng that we
were having rather backward spring produced q
snort stab-knife with which she cut large over
coat bttton-hOle In the able journalists thorax.
she then passed into the Office and leaving word
10 have her paper stopped she went to the execu-
tioner where she left order for him to call her
for the 7:3O execution.
International Chess Tournament.
PROPOSED CONTEST TO DECIDE THE CHAMPIONSHIP
OF THE COURT
From the New York World.
Preparations are being made for a grand inter-
national chess tournament to be held in this city
early next summer. The idea OF bringing all
the great chesS-players OF the world over here
Vas advanced by Champion VIM Stetnitz who
has pledged himself TO raise s. oOO to be divided
into eight or ten purses. Besides cash prizes
there Will be trophy, the exact nature OF which
has not yet been decided upon By the commiffee
the arrangement or the tournament In hand
In order TO insure fair test OF the ability OF the
winner OF the first prize In the tOtirnanlent-tO
hold the title OF champion OF the world-a part of
the first prize will be held by the tournament COM
mittee for month, during which time the win
match game with the winner o! the Second nrize
any other great chess ola yer who NAV ne o.